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- the present invention relates to a battery assembly in which the electrical continuity of the assembly is broken in response to an increase in internal pressure in the cells.
- Rechargeable batteries are widely used for powering small portable electronic devices. Lithium ion batteries offer a high energy density and high operating voltage, together with a reasonable life. Other rechargeable batteries commonly used are lead batteries and nickel-metal-hydride batteries.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,025,696 describes a cell with an internal overpressure safety switch responsive to deflection of the walls of the cell for breaking an electrical contact.
- the cell has a casing with cylindrical side walls and incorporates a Belleville spring element adjacent the bottom of the casing which is moved from a first to a second stable position by outward bulging of the bottom of the casing.
- these switches take up space within each cell in a multi-cell battery, and are expensive.
- vents or seals which are opened or ruptured under excess pressure. The venting or rupture are irreversible and once the seal of the cell is broken the corrosive and potentially harmful electrolyte can escape.
- rechargeable batteries are often provided with an integrated protection circuit which stops the charging of the battery due to avoid overcharging.
- the circuit senses battery temperature and/or pressure and cuts off current flow through the cell.
- a battery assembly comprising:
- a sealed battery cell container holding a positive and negative electrode and an electrolyte, the container having outer faces;
- a cut-off switch electrically connected between one of the electrodes and an output of the device, the switch being operable to break the electrical continuity of the battery assembly
- deflection-responsive means engaging at least a first outer face and responsive to deflection thereof for operating the cut-off switch.
- the deflection-responsive means comprises coupling structure fixed to the cell container and forming a cavity between the first outer face and the coupling structure, the cut-off switch is received in the cavity and is pressure-sensitive, whereby outward deflection of the first outer face tends to compress the cut-off switch.
- the deflection-responsive means comprises a member having first and second ends with complementary mechanical couplings fixed thereto, the couplings being connected such that the member forms a band extending about the cell container and tensioned to hold the member against the outer faces, the cut-off switch comprising a respective electrical contact fixed to each of the couplings, whereby the contacts are engaged when the couplings are connected and deflection of the outer faces tensions the member and tends to separate the couplings and contacts to break the electrical continuity of the battery assembly.
- the cell container includes a plurality of sealed battery cell containers, the cell containers being layered to form a stack with outer stack faces;
- the deflection-responsive means comprises a member having first and second ends with complementary mechanical couplings fixed thereto, the couplings being connected such that the member forms a band extending about the stack and tensioned to hold the member against the outer stack faces, the cut-off switch comprising a respective electrical contact fixed to each of the couplings, whereby the contacts are engaged when the couplings are connected and deflection of the outer faces tensions the member and tends to separate the couplings and contacts to break the electrical continuity of the battery assembly.
- the cell container preferably includes a plurality of sealed battery cell containers, each with opposing major outer faces; the deflection-responsive means comprising:
- the cut-off switch comprising a pressure-sensitive switch received in the cavity.
- the deflection-responsive means further including a control circuit operating the cut-off switch in response to a change of state of the pressure-sensitive switch.
- the coupling structure preferably comprises a ring extending around the cavity and held between the two adjacent outer faces.
- the pressure-sensitive switch comprises a membrane switch.
- the membrane switch comprises an array of switch elements.
- the array is preferably a linear array aligned with a central axis of both adjacent outer faces, with one switch element lying between central parts of the adjacent outer faces.
- the switch elements are normally-open switch elements electrically connected in parallel.
- the coupling structure comprises a tubular member and the opposing major outer faces are substantially planar and parallel, the control circuit including a PCB lying in a plane substantially orthogonal to a plane of the major outer faces.
- the battery assembly further includes a cable connected to the PCB that terminates in an output jack for making an electrical connection to the battery, the cell containers, coupling structure and PCB being enclosed between shell-type casing halves from which the cable and output jack protrude.
- the battery cell containers are lithium ion battery cell containers.
- This invention provides a battery assembly which is effective and efficient in operational use, and which has an overall simple design which minimizes manufacturing costs. Therefore it may be used, not only as a primary over-pressure protection, but can be used as further safeguard in addition to over-pressure protection sensors or features provided in the battery cells themselves.
- FIG. 1 is a pictorial view of a first embodiment of the battery of the invention
- FIG. 2 is an exploded pictorial view of the battery of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is an exploded pictorial view of the cell and circuit assembly of the battery of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 4 is a schematic longitudinal cross-section of the cell and circuit assembly of the battery of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 5 is a schematic circuit diagram of the circuit of the battery of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 6 is a large-scale schematic cross-section through a switch element of the switch element of FIG. 4 ;
- FIG. 7 is a plan view of the cell and circuit assembly of a second embodiment of the battery of the invention.
- FIGS. 8 to 21 are schematic longitudinal cross-sections of the cell and circuit assembly of second through fifteenth embodiments respectively of the battery of the invention.
- FIG. 22 is a pictorial view of the cell and circuit assembly of a sixteenth embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 23 is an exploded pictorial view of the cell and circuit assembly of FIG. 22 .
- a battery assembly 1 includes shell-type casing halves 2 , 3 molded from polymeric material and fixed together to enclose a cell and circuit assembly 4 .
- the assembly 4 includes two sealed lithium ion battery cell containers 5 a , 5 b electrically connected by couplings 9 to a printed circuit board (PCB) 6 .
- a cable 8 connected to the PCB 6 terminates in an output jack 7 for making an electrical connection to the battery.
- the cell containers 5 a , 5 b are generally in the form of a flat rectangular prism, having planar major surfaces 10 a , 10 b , 11 a , 11 b on respective opposing sides.
- a deflection-responsive assembly includes cover 18 and ring 15 forming a coupling structure and the membrane switch assembly 12 .
- the switch assembly 12 is received in a cavity 14 defined between the innermost faces 11 a , 10 b and the ring 15 .
- the ring 15 has rectangular shape complementary to the outer edge of the switch assembly 12 and opposing planar faces 17 a , 17 b .
- the ring 15 is formed of a substantially rigid polymer.
- a neck 16 of the switch assembly 12 includes electrical conductors (not shown) and extends through a channel (not shown) in the ring 15 to connect to the PCB 6 .
- the rigid tubular outer cover 18 is elongated parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cell containers 5 a , 5 b and conforms tightly to the outer surfaces 10 a , 11 b to clamp the ring 15 between the surfaces 10 b and 11 a .
- the PCB 6 lies generally perpendicular to the parallel planes of the cell containers 5 a , 5 b and adjacent to a transverse edge 19 , to provide a compact package that nests within the casing halves 2 , 3 .
- the sealed battery cell containers 5 a , 5 b each hold a positive and negative electrode 30 , 31 and an electrolyte 32 .
- the membrane switch assembly 12 is of a type comprising three normally-open switch elements 13 a , 13 b , 13 c electrically connected in parallel.
- the term “membrane switch” refers to a pressure-sensitive momentary switch in which at least one electrical contact is on, or made of, a thin flexible substrate.
- Each of the switch elements 13 a , 13 b , 13 c includes thin flexible substrates 20 , 21 each carrying a respective pole 22 , 23 held apart by resilient action of the dome-shaped substrate 20 .
- the substrate 21 abuts the surface 11 a of cell container 5 a and substrate 20 is spaced apart from surface 10 b of cell container 5 b such that bulging of either of the cell containers 5 a , 5 b beyond a pre-determined value will close the switch.
- the switch elements 13 a , 13 b , 13 c may be normally closed with both poled carried on one substrate and may, for example, be connected in the circuit in series such that each one provides a cut-off switch for breaking the electrical continuity of the assembly.
- the outer cover 18 not only holds the cell containers 5 a , 5 b together, it also serves to stiffen outer surfaces 10 a , 11 b against which it is held. Any internal pressure increase in one or both of the cell containers 5 a , 5 b preferentially deflects one or both of the inner surfaces 10 b , 11 a , compressing the switch elements 13 a - 13 b .
- the PCB 6 includes a controller that detects a current flow when at least one of the switch elements 13 a , 13 b , 13 c has closed and then acts to open a cut-off switch 34 electrically connected in series in the circuit 33 , thereby preventing current flow to or from the cell containers 5 a , 5 b.
- the invention lends itself to a large number is variations in the stacking of the containers 5 a , 5 b , switch assembly 12 and ring 15 , some of which are schematically shown in FIGS. 7-21 .
- a switch assembly 12 with three longitudinally aligned switch elements 13 a , 13 b , 13 c is used as shown in FIG. 7 , although it will be understood that any number and arrangement of switches may be used.
- FIGS. 8 and 9 show second and third embodiments respectively, with each employing a single cell container 5 .
- one switch assembly 12 may abut the major surface 10 a ( FIG. 8 ) with the outer cover (not shown) conforming tightly to the outer surface 10 b and face 17 a .
- switch assemblies 12 a , 12 b abut the major surfaces 10 a , 10 b respectively with the outer cover (not shown) conforming tightly to the outer faces 17 a , 17 b .
- the switch elements 13 a , 13 b , 13 c etc of both of the switch assemblies 12 a , 12 b are connected in parallel, such that the controller PCB 6 can operate the cut-off switch 34 in response to closure of any one of the switch elements.
- FIGS. 10-12 show the stacking of two cell container 5 a , 5 b with one, two or three switch assemblies 12 a , 12 b , 12 c respectively.
- the seventh to fifteenth embodiments of FIGS. 13-21 show the stacking of three cell container 5 a , 5 b , 5 c with one, two, three or four switch assemblies 12 a , 12 b , 12 c , 12 d respectively.
- the size of the outer cover (not shown) varies to firmly fit about the components and hold them together. It will be apparent from these embodiments that any switch assembly 12 should abut at least one major surface of a cell container 5 .
- FIGS. 22 and 23 A sixteenth embodiment of the invention is shown in FIGS. 22 and 23 and the illustrated cell and circuit assembly 104 is enclosed in shell-type casing halves 2 , 3 to provide a battery assembly.
- the coupling structure is in the form of band assembly 20 , with integrated contacts forming a cut-off switch.
- the band assembly 20 includes a band 21 which extends transversely about the stack 30 of cell containers 5 a , 5 b , 5 c and has male and female couplers 22 , 23 at opposing ends.
- a connecting strip 24 electrically connects the band 21 to the PCB 6 .
- Connecting the couplers 22 , 23 mechanically holds the band 21 firmly in contact with the outer faces of the stack of cell containers 5 a , 5 b , 5 c (as seen in FIG. 23 ) and makes an electrical contact (not shown). Deflection of the walls of one of the cell containers 5 a , 5 b , 5 c acts to tension the band 21 tending to separate the couplers 22 , 23 (as seen in FIG.
- the electrical contacts may form a cut-off switch which breaks the electrical continuity of the assembly, or the controller may sense a current flow through the closed contacts to operate a separate cut-off switch.
- This band assembly 20 may be used in like manner with a single cell container, or any number of stacked cell containers.
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- The present invention relates to a battery assembly in which the electrical continuity of the assembly is broken in response to an increase in internal pressure in the cells.
- Rechargeable batteries are widely used for powering small portable electronic devices. Lithium ion batteries offer a high energy density and high operating voltage, together with a reasonable life. Other rechargeable batteries commonly used are lead batteries and nickel-metal-hydride batteries.
- Sealed rechargeable battery cells can pose an explosion hazard when internal gas pressure rises uncontrollably, through over-charge or over-discharge. U.S. Pat. No. 4,025,696 describes a cell with an internal overpressure safety switch responsive to deflection of the walls of the cell for breaking an electrical contact. The cell has a casing with cylindrical side walls and incorporates a Belleville spring element adjacent the bottom of the casing which is moved from a first to a second stable position by outward bulging of the bottom of the casing. However these switches take up space within each cell in a multi-cell battery, and are expensive.
- Common over-pressure relief devices include vents or seals which are opened or ruptured under excess pressure. The venting or rupture are irreversible and once the seal of the cell is broken the corrosive and potentially harmful electrolyte can escape.
- As an alternative, or further safeguard, rechargeable batteries are often provided with an integrated protection circuit which stops the charging of the battery due to avoid overcharging. The circuit senses battery temperature and/or pressure and cuts off current flow through the cell. These circuits are also expensive and suffer from a lack of positive action. It is an object of the present invention to overcome or substantially ameliorate the above disadvantages or more generally to provide an improved rechargeable battery.
- According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a battery assembly comprising:
- a sealed battery cell container holding a positive and negative electrode and an electrolyte, the container having outer faces;
- a cut-off switch electrically connected between one of the electrodes and an output of the device, the switch being operable to break the electrical continuity of the battery assembly, and
- deflection-responsive means engaging at least a first outer face and responsive to deflection thereof for operating the cut-off switch.
- Preferably the deflection-responsive means comprises coupling structure fixed to the cell container and forming a cavity between the first outer face and the coupling structure, the cut-off switch is received in the cavity and is pressure-sensitive, whereby outward deflection of the first outer face tends to compress the cut-off switch.
- Alternatively the deflection-responsive means comprises a member having first and second ends with complementary mechanical couplings fixed thereto, the couplings being connected such that the member forms a band extending about the cell container and tensioned to hold the member against the outer faces, the cut-off switch comprising a respective electrical contact fixed to each of the couplings, whereby the contacts are engaged when the couplings are connected and deflection of the outer faces tensions the member and tends to separate the couplings and contacts to break the electrical continuity of the battery assembly. In another alternative embodiment the cell container includes a plurality of sealed battery cell containers, the cell containers being layered to form a stack with outer stack faces; the deflection-responsive means comprises a member having first and second ends with complementary mechanical couplings fixed thereto, the couplings being connected such that the member forms a band extending about the stack and tensioned to hold the member against the outer stack faces, the cut-off switch comprising a respective electrical contact fixed to each of the couplings, whereby the contacts are engaged when the couplings are connected and deflection of the outer faces tensions the member and tends to separate the couplings and contacts to break the electrical continuity of the battery assembly.
- The cell container preferably includes a plurality of sealed battery cell containers, each with opposing major outer faces; the deflection-responsive means comprising:
- coupling structure joining the cell containers and forming a cavity between two adjacent outer faces,
- the cut-off switch comprising a pressure-sensitive switch received in the cavity.
- Alternatively a pressure-sensitive switch is received in the cavity, the deflection-responsive means further including a control circuit operating the cut-off switch in response to a change of state of the pressure-sensitive switch.
- The coupling structure preferably comprises a ring extending around the cavity and held between the two adjacent outer faces.
- Preferably the pressure-sensitive switch comprises a membrane switch. Preferably the membrane switch comprises an array of switch elements. The array is preferably a linear array aligned with a central axis of both adjacent outer faces, with one switch element lying between central parts of the adjacent outer faces. Most preferably the switch elements are normally-open switch elements electrically connected in parallel.
- Preferably the coupling structure comprises a tubular member and the opposing major outer faces are substantially planar and parallel, the control circuit including a PCB lying in a plane substantially orthogonal to a plane of the major outer faces.
- Preferably the battery assembly further includes a cable connected to the PCB that terminates in an output jack for making an electrical connection to the battery, the cell containers, coupling structure and PCB being enclosed between shell-type casing halves from which the cable and output jack protrude. Preferably the battery cell containers are lithium ion battery cell containers.
- This invention provides a battery assembly which is effective and efficient in operational use, and which has an overall simple design which minimizes manufacturing costs. Therefore it may be used, not only as a primary over-pressure protection, but can be used as further safeguard in addition to over-pressure protection sensors or features provided in the battery cells themselves.
- Preferred forms of the present invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
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FIG. 1 is a pictorial view of a first embodiment of the battery of the invention; -
FIG. 2 is an exploded pictorial view of the battery ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is an exploded pictorial view of the cell and circuit assembly of the battery ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 4 is a schematic longitudinal cross-section of the cell and circuit assembly of the battery ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 5 is a schematic circuit diagram of the circuit of the battery ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 6 is a large-scale schematic cross-section through a switch element of the switch element ofFIG. 4 ; -
FIG. 7 is a plan view of the cell and circuit assembly of a second embodiment of the battery of the invention; -
FIGS. 8 to 21 are schematic longitudinal cross-sections of the cell and circuit assembly of second through fifteenth embodiments respectively of the battery of the invention; -
FIG. 22 is a pictorial view of the cell and circuit assembly of a sixteenth embodiment of the invention, and -
FIG. 23 is an exploded pictorial view of the cell and circuit assembly ofFIG. 22 . - Referring to the drawings, particularly
FIGS. 1-6 , abattery assembly 1 includes shell-type casing halves 2, 3 molded from polymeric material and fixed together to enclose a cell andcircuit assembly 4. Theassembly 4 includes two sealed lithium ionbattery cell containers cable 8 connected to thePCB 6 terminates in anoutput jack 7 for making an electrical connection to the battery. - The
cell containers major surfaces 10 a, 10 b, 11 a, 11 b on respective opposing sides. A deflection-responsive assembly includescover 18 andring 15 forming a coupling structure and themembrane switch assembly 12. Theswitch assembly 12 is received in acavity 14 defined between theinnermost faces 11 a, 10 b and thering 15. Thering 15 has rectangular shape complementary to the outer edge of theswitch assembly 12 and opposing planar faces 17 a, 17 b. Thering 15 is formed of a substantially rigid polymer. Aneck 16 of theswitch assembly 12 includes electrical conductors (not shown) and extends through a channel (not shown) in thering 15 to connect to thePCB 6. - The rigid tubular
outer cover 18 is elongated parallel to a longitudinal axis of thecell containers ring 15 between thesurfaces 10 b and 11 a. ThePCB 6 lies generally perpendicular to the parallel planes of thecell containers transverse edge 19, to provide a compact package that nests within thecasing halves 2, 3. - Referring to
FIGS. 5 and 6 , the sealedbattery cell containers negative electrode 30, 31 and an electrolyte 32. Themembrane switch assembly 12 is of a type comprising three normally-open switch elements 13 a, 13 b, 13 c electrically connected in parallel. As used herein the term “membrane switch” refers to a pressure-sensitive momentary switch in which at least one electrical contact is on, or made of, a thin flexible substrate. Each of theswitch elements 13 a, 13 b, 13 c includes thinflexible substrates respective pole substrate 20. Thesubstrate 21 abuts the surface 11 a ofcell container 5 a andsubstrate 20 is spaced apart fromsurface 10 b ofcell container 5 b such that bulging of either of thecell containers - In an alternative arrangement not shown, instead of being normally open, the
switch elements 13 a, 13 b, 13 c may be normally closed with both poled carried on one substrate and may, for example, be connected in the circuit in series such that each one provides a cut-off switch for breaking the electrical continuity of the assembly. - When the
battery cell containers major surfaces 10 a, 10 b, 11 a, 11 b tend to bulge outwardly. In use, theouter cover 18 not only holds thecell containers cell containers inner surfaces 10 b, 11 a, compressing theswitch elements 13 a-13 b. ThePCB 6 includes a controller that detects a current flow when at least one of theswitch elements 13 a, 13 b, 13 c has closed and then acts to open a cut-off switch 34 electrically connected in series in thecircuit 33, thereby preventing current flow to or from thecell containers - The invention lends itself to a large number is variations in the stacking of the
containers switch assembly 12 andring 15, some of which are schematically shown inFIGS. 7-21 . In all of these variants aswitch assembly 12 with three longitudinally alignedswitch elements 13 a, 13 b, 13 c is used as shown inFIG. 7 , although it will be understood that any number and arrangement of switches may be used. -
FIGS. 8 and 9 show second and third embodiments respectively, with each employing asingle cell container 5. In the second embodiment oneswitch assembly 12 may abut the major surface 10 a (FIG. 8 ) with the outer cover (not shown) conforming tightly to theouter surface 10 b and face 17 a. In the third embodiment (FIG. 9 )switch assemblies 12 a, 12 b abut themajor surfaces 10 a, 10 b respectively with the outer cover (not shown) conforming tightly to the outer faces 17 a, 17 b. Theswitch elements 13 a, 13 b, 13 c etc of both of theswitch assemblies 12 a, 12 b are connected in parallel, such that thecontroller PCB 6 can operate the cut-off switch 34 in response to closure of any one of the switch elements. - The fourth, fifth and sixth embodiments of
FIGS. 10-12 show the stacking of twocell container switch assemblies FIGS. 13-21 show the stacking of threecell container switch assemblies switch assembly 12 should abut at least one major surface of acell container 5. - A sixteenth embodiment of the invention is shown in
FIGS. 22 and 23 and the illustrated cell andcircuit assembly 104 is enclosed in shell-type casing halves 2, 3 to provide a battery assembly. In this embodiment of the deflection-responsive assembly the coupling structure is in the form ofband assembly 20, with integrated contacts forming a cut-off switch. - The
band assembly 20 includes aband 21 which extends transversely about the stack 30 ofcell containers female couplers strip 24 electrically connects theband 21 to thePCB 6. Connecting thecouplers band 21 firmly in contact with the outer faces of the stack ofcell containers FIG. 23 ) and makes an electrical contact (not shown). Deflection of the walls of one of thecell containers band 21 tending to separate thecouplers 22, 23 (as seen inFIG. 24 ) and a pre-determined deflection is sufficient to separate thecouplers band assembly 20 may be used in like manner with a single cell container, or any number of stacked cell containers. - Aspects of the present invention have been described by way of example only and it should be appreciated that modifications and additions may be made thereto without departing from the scope thereof.
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